Tyler Benedict is the Founder of Bikerumor, where he’s written about the latest bikes, components, and cycling technology for almost two decades. Prior to that, Tyler launched and built multiple sports nutrition brands and consumer goods companies, mostly as an excuse to travel and ride in new places.
Based in North Carolina, Tyler also loves Overlanding & Vanlife and is always on the lookout for the next vehicle upgrade, secret trail, and off-grid adventure.
Raleigh has been pretty busy in the layup department lately, introducing new carbon fiber road bikes, the RXC cyclocross bike and the Talus Carbon 29er…
Norco introduced four new full suspension mountain bike platforms for 2012. All carry the same flowing hydroformed tube shapes and graphic design, which gives them…
Easton’s just debuted their entry to the Road Tubeless market, and it’ll make a perfect cyclocross wheelset. The 2012 Easton EA90RT has an entirely new…
Unveiled at DealerCamp, Pivot’s new Mach 5.7 Carbon is about a 1/2 pound lighter than the alloy model, and there’s only a $400 price difference between…
K-Edge’s Ki2 Electronic Shifting kit combines a collection of their CNC’d pieces with the Shimano Di2 drivetrain parts. It’s available as either the full group…
Fizik’s new Kurve saddles use a very lightly padded cover over a “thermoplastic composite” carbon textile base on their Mobius alloy rail. The shell flexes…
We got a quasi-first look at these along with their new 35mm handlebar/stem combo recently, but here’s official word and specs. Total wheelset weight for…
KCNC just released their new Arrow road stem for roadies wanting something simple, strong, straight, and stiff. It’s also fairly light at 128g for the…
